JOYMAX PROVES BIG BANG NOT JUST A THEORY

New Servers, All-New Content And Player-Requested Updates,
Special Offers And More Lead To a Huge Increase in CCU's For
Silkroad Online, Digimon Masters, And Karma Online

Seoul, Korea, November 21, 2011--- Leading online game
developer and publisher, Joymax, announced today that the new
content updates and events for its portfolio of titles
, Silkroad Online, Digimon Masters, and Karma Online: Prisoners
of the Dead proved to be hugely popular amongst both new and
existing users of its ever expanding player community. Players
reacted by posting a tremendous number of positive comments on
social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and increasing
their average playtime which resulted in a record breaking number
of concurrent users. The portfolio of games can be found at
www.Joymax.com

"We packed a great deal of new content, new servers, special
offers and much more into all of our games this last week and our
Joymax community showed us how happy they were with the updates by
increasing site traffic, game CCUs and portal registrations,"
said Joymax CEO, Nam-chul Kim. "We listened to our
players about what they were wanting from each of our games and we
took it to heart so these updates were purely for the enjoyment of
our players. The feedback from the update was overwhelming. We saw
many users logging into the forums and SNS praising various aspects
of the update from the many new items to the additional
servers. Their reaction and support of each of our games
shows us that they appreciated the new updates. We will continue to
listen carefully to our users and integrate their feedback both in
our games and our business model."

Early last week the Joymax titles each enjoyed some major new
updates and events.

Silkroad Online launched a series of new events directed
toward its entire player community, including special offers for
members of its new premium
membership server Genesis, to the delight of the gaming
community. Players are enjoying major celebrations for the
event including the "Fever of Creation" event, where all characters
on Genesis will enjoy a boost in EXP/SP/Drop rates; this is in
addition to the Carnival boost for experience and drop rates,
giving a total MASSSIVE 300% EXP boost and a 200% Drop Rate
bonus! Players have also responded to being treated to new
equipment, new avatar outfits and much more. The items that
users were most pleased with in the Silkroad update were the "12
th Magic Proof Stone" and "Premium Gold Time Plus
items".

Digimon Masters addressed player requests that were related
to experience point (XP) deductions and low drop-hatch rates: the
XP penalty for extended game play was removed and the drop-hatch
rates were increased. These improvements were widely lauded as a
positive step forward by the community and in addition, several new
Digi-Eggs were added to the cash shop: Renamon, Tentomon,
Monodramon and Kiwimon.
Digimon Masters also got a new server with the launch of
Lucemon and that proved to be a huge success as CCU's for the game
increased by 50% with a huge influx of new users into all
servers.

Last but not least,
Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead , developed by
Dragonfly, the creators of
Quake Wars Online and
Soldier of Fortune Online, launched an update with all-new
maps and weapons as well as a variety of ongoing events that
players are flocking to including: "Countries with Most Assists",
the "Silver Rush" and "Predomination", where players are challenged
to see who can be the king of the new maps added as part of this
patch.

Since its establishment in April, 1997, Joymax has been
developing and publishing quality games for the emerging online
game industry of the 21st century. Based in Seoul, Korea, the
company has published numerous titles for the PC market. With
its first MMORPG, Silkroad Online, the game has grown to offer
service in over 200 countries since its 2004 launch. Joymax is a
proven global entertainment company, providing multimedia content
for all. For more information, please visit
http://www.joymax.com

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